Anyone else get unreasonably stressed by a creaking bike?

Add “shoelace aglet hitting the crank arm” to the list of annoying ticks that too longer to solve than they should have done!

I now use the 5:10 lace “garage” (the elastic loop half way down the tongue) to keep them tucked in out of harms way, and prevent them coming undone.  Who knew?!

My SS commuter has a creak, I know exactly what it is, and how to fix it (eccentric BB housing.) But tbh, in winter I’d rather spend the effort keeping the fun bikes in top order. So the creak remains, probably until some time around March when it gets it’s annual service. Or more likely next Sept when I bother… the interim solution? Headphones and an audiobook. 

I used to years back, same with cars whenever they’d styart making a funny noise the worry and stress would set in.
Now I’ve got a mantra of (in cars) if theres no warning lights on the dash and it drives fine and it’s not the break pads or a cracked spring then bugger it. Similiar ethos with the bike, it’s a bike, it gets abused, if it’s riding fine and everythings tight and not broken then bugger it.

My BB has been crunching on and off for a good few months now, it needs replacing, but theres also a rattle coming from somewhere when going fast over rough stuff, I’ve checked everything and it’s all fine, so I’m just ignoring it and just accepting the fact it’s an older bike now (2016) and it is gonna be a little tired and noisy

Saying that, I had an annoying tick that took me months to work out (and much frustration as it was on the fun bike.) turned out it was ever so slightly loose button on my garmin watch. Watch replaced immediately. Happiness restored.

This thread screams me .  Built my big al up 7 weeks ago and ive had a click / creek on and off for the last 4 weeks.  Its not the wheels, bearings, mech ,headset, brakes,  . Ive had the saddle off re greased the rails , cleaned the seat post and down tube of grease  and tighted the dropper to correct torque setting . This morning it sounded like a bag of creaking spanners  out of the saddle it sounded like the bb was borked  but it isnt  thats now been checked and torqued as well as cranks and pedals . Im putting it down to the Hope seat clamp  its cant be anything else ..  bloody bikes .

After months of a squeaky saddle I loosened the clamp to clean/lube it. I then saw the snapped saddle rail that I’d previously moved so the clamp braced the break. Well over a year before I reckon. New saddle purchased

Can’t bear a creaky bike. I’d go so far as to say it affects my feeling of how well me and my bike are working together.

Now I’ve typed it I see how pretentious that sounds, but it does!

It is the little death that brings total obliteration